Montezuma Oropendula (Psarocolius montezuma)
Costa Rica 2014. Another one that we only saw in Tortuguero, with most shots distant flight ones - easily recognisable by the yellow tail, but lousy for photos. We finally saw one closeup on a rainy walk near our lodge - just giving me enough time to rattle off some quick shots.
Wikipedia says "The Montezuma oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma) is a New World tropical icterid bird. It is a resident breeder in the Caribbean coastal lowlands from southeastern Mexico to central Panama, but is absent from El Salvador and southern Guatemala. It also occurs on the Pacific slope of Nicaragua and Honduras and northwestern Costa Rica. It is among the oropendola species sometimes separated in the genus Gymnostinops. The English and scientific names of this species commemorate the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II. The "unforgettable"[2] song of the male Montezuma oropendola is given during the bowing display, and consists of a conversational bubbling followed by loud gurgles, tic-tic-glik-glak-GLUUuuuuu. Both sexes have loud cack and crrrk calls."
Would love to have seen that! We did see the colony of nests however see other pics.
More in the comments and in the set below right,
All my other sets of species can be found in an organised form here - www.flickr.com/photos/85387952@N00/collections/
Montezuma Oropendula (Psarocolius montezuma)
Costa Rica 2014. Another one that we only saw in Tortuguero, with most shots distant flight ones - easily recognisable by the yellow tail, but lousy for photos. We finally saw one closeup on a rainy walk near our lodge - just giving me enough time to rattle off some quick shots.
Wikipedia says "The Montezuma oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma) is a New World tropical icterid bird. It is a resident breeder in the Caribbean coastal lowlands from southeastern Mexico to central Panama, but is absent from El Salvador and southern Guatemala. It also occurs on the Pacific slope of Nicaragua and Honduras and northwestern Costa Rica. It is among the oropendola species sometimes separated in the genus Gymnostinops. The English and scientific names of this species commemorate the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II. The "unforgettable"[2] song of the male Montezuma oropendola is given during the bowing display, and consists of a conversational bubbling followed by loud gurgles, tic-tic-glik-glak-GLUUuuuuu. Both sexes have loud cack and crrrk calls."
Would love to have seen that! We did see the colony of nests however see other pics.
More in the comments and in the set below right,
All my other sets of species can be found in an organised form here - www.flickr.com/photos/85387952@N00/collections/